National Wine Experience Presented By USA TODAY Releases Current Exhibitor List For Inaugural Event

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National Wine Experience Presented By USA TODAY
Releases Current Exhibitor List For Inaugural Event

One Night Only - November 20, 2010, at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Richmond, VA (November 8, 2010) – The National Wine Experience presented by USA TODAY (NWE), America’s premier national wine exhibition, debuts Saturday, November 20 with a National Grand Tasting at The Newseum in Washington, D.C. Created by Variant Events, LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based wine event management company, NWE marks the country’s first national wine exhibition, with wines from at least 25 states.

The United States currently has at least one bonded winery in each state, and organizers plan to create a national event with each state represented. The national count is currently at about 7,000 wineries, and growing steadily. The list of confirmed exhibitors (as of November 8, 2010) follows, with more expected to join in the weeks leading up to the event. Additional wineries will be updated regularly at NationalWineExperience.com:

Amity Vineyards
Annefield Vineyards
Arizona Stronghold Vineyards
Augusta Winery and Montelle Winery
Barboursville Vineyards
Barclay and Browning Wines/Bettinelli Vineyards
Barrel Oak Winery
Basignani Winery
Biltmore Estate Wines
Black Mesa Winery
Blackstock Vineyards
Blue Teal
Bordeleau Vineyard and Winery
Boxwood Estate Winery
Boyd's Cardinal Hollow Winery
Brooklyn Oenology
Cambria
Casa Larga Vineyards, Inc.
Cellar No. 8
Chapel Creek Winery
Charnu Winery
Conway Family Vineyards Inc.
Cygnus Wine Cellars
Cypress Bend Vineyards
Delaplane Cellars
DelFosse Vineyards and Winery
Derbes Wines
Democracy Vineyards
D.H. Lescombes
Dierberg and Star Lane Vineyards
Dr. Franks Vinifera Wine Cellars
Eric Ross Winery
Fabbioli Cellars
Family Winemakers of California
Fox Run Vineyards
Frogtown Cellars
Girardet Wine Cellars
Grey Stack Cellars
Habersham Winery
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards
Indiana Wine Grape Council
Jack Rabbit Hill
Jeff Gordon Cellars
Jowler Creek Winery
Kendall Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd.
Krupp Brothers
L. Mawby
Le Mistral Vineyard
Lamborn Family Vineyards
Les Bourgeois Vineyard and Winery
Mallow Run Winery
Markko Vineyard
Maryland Wine Association
Matanza Creek Winery
Missouri Wine and Grape Board
Native Stone Winery
Navarro Vineyards
Noboleis Vineyard and Winery
Northwest Totem Cellars
Okanogan Estate and Vineyards
Oliver Winery
OS Winery
Panther Creek Cellars
Patel Winery
Plum Creek Winery
Prairie Berry Winery Northwest Totem Cellars
RagApple Lassie Vineyards
Ramey Wine Cellars
Ravenswood Winery
Rios Wine Company
Robert Mondavi Winery
Rodney Strong Vineyards
Rosenthal- The Malibu Estate
Row Eleven Wine Company
Rutherford Ranch Winery
Safeway
Sautee Nacoochez Vineyards
Sawtooth Winery
Silvan Ridge Winery
Simple Math Cellars
SHINDIG-Michigan
SHINDIG- New York
St. Clair Winery
Stonehaus Winery
Stone Hill Winery
Stonestreet
Tiger Mountain Vineyards
Thanksgiving Farm
Torii Mor
Trek Winery
Veritas Vineyard and Winery
Vezer Family Vineyard
Vino50 Grape American Roadtrip
Walter Dacon WInes
Watts Roost Vineyard
Winegrowers Association of Georgia
Wolf Mountain Vineyards
Yonah Mountain Vineyards

While the National Wine Experience kicks off with this year’s National Grand Tasting event, in 2011, the NWE plans to phase-in a daytime Walk-Around Grand Tasting, tentatively scheduled for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. This addition will feature an expanded list of wineries, wine and food pairings, seminars and special privileges for the trade.

Meantime, the November 20 event at The Newseum will provide an exciting opportunity to taste wine from at least 25 states, listen to cool jazz and enjoy the acclaimed American regional cuisine from noted chef and icon Wolfgang Puck’s The Source, whose Executive Chef Scott Drewno is the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s 2010 Chef of the Year. One of the Capital’s most attractive spaces, The Newseum is Washington’s newest and most interactive museum, while The Source is one of the region’s top dining destinations.

“The United States is now second only to France in wine consumption,” said Alex Papajohn, Executive Director of the NWE. “We’re creating an event that will present a unique opportunity for both emerging and established wine regions across the country to showcase their product on a national stage.” The NWE will provide a unique opportunity for the trade and consumers to taste, compare and contrast wine from America’s traditional wine regions with wine from producers in less-familiar areas of the country. With wine consumption in the States having grown an amazing 30% in this decade alone, it is an ideal time to focus attention on wines produced in the U.S.

For additional information, visit NationalWineExperience.com.

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